Okay friends, buckle up because today’s entry kinda made me laugh at myself. Let me walk you through what happened.
The Trigger Moment
So, I was sitting there, writing down some budget stuff. Pen in hand, paper ready. I needed to write the number 13 in words for something – maybe a check or just being fancy, who knows? Anyway, my brain just… froze. Seriously. I blanked hard on how to spell thirteen. Or is it thriteen? Threeteen?
I felt ridiculous. It’s a basic number, right? But for a split second, I genuinely second-guessed myself. You know that feeling when something super simple trips you up? Yeah, that was me. Sitting there, pen hovering, wondering “How do you spell this darn thing correctly?”
The Simple Journey to the Answer
Instead of stressing, I decided to just go through the steps anyone would take:
- First, I said it out loud: “Thir-teen.” Okay, sounds start with “thir”.
- Then, I broke it down: The number 3 is “three”. So “thir” must be a shorter version of that, followed by “teen”. Like seventeen, eighteen… thirteen.
- I grabbed an old notebook off my shelf where I knew I’d written it before. Flipped a few pages. Yep, “Thirteen”. Plain as day.
- As a last sanity check, I mumbled the sequence: Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen. Yep, thirteen followed twelve logically.
Total facepalm moment. It was so straightforward once I actually stopped overthinking it and just traced it back step-by-step.
The Obvious Conclusion
The answer is right there: T-H-I-R-T-E-E-N. Thirteen. No frills, no complicated rules. It’s literally “three” chopped to “thir” and stuck with “teen”. Mind was clear, question was gone.
Why share this? Because sometimes we forget the simplest things. There’s zero shame in it. My practice today was a great reminder: when stuck, go back to basics, sound it out, and trust what you know. Overcomplicating helps nobody. Done and dusted! Onto the next challenge.